Background on the CCPA & the Rulemaking Process

The California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), enacted in 2018, creates new consumer rights relating to the access to, deletion of, and sharing of personal information that is collected by businesses. It also requires the Attorney General to solicit broad public participation and adopt regulations to further the CCPA’s purposes. The proposed regulations would establish procedures to facilitate consumers’ new rights under the CCPA and provide guidance to businesses for how to comply. The Attorney General cannot bring an enforcement action under the CCPA until July 1, 2020.

For more information about the CCPA and the rulemaking process, see the following:

Current Rulemaking Activities

2nd Set of Modifications to Proposed Regulations – released March 11, 2020

Deadline to Submit Written Comments: March 27, 2020 at 5 p.m.

Modifications to Proposed Regulations – released February 10, 2020

15 Day Comment Period – ended February 25, 2020

Initial Proposed Regulations – published on October 11, 2019

45 Day Comment Period – ended December 6, 2019

Public Hearings – Transcripts and Audio

Sacramento Transcript, December 2, 2019, pdf

Sacramento Audio – Part 1

Sacramento Audio – Part 2

Los Angeles Transcript, December 3, 2019, pdf

Los Angeles Audio – Part 1

Los Angeles Audio – Part 2

San Francisco Transcript, December 4, 2019, pdf

San Francisco Audio

Fresno Transcript, December 5, 2019, pdf

Fresno Audio

Preliminary Rulemaking Activities

In preparing the proposed regulations, the Attorney General’s Office held seven public forums around the state and received and reviewed over 300 written comments. For information and documents related to the preliminary rulemaking process, please see the CCPA Preliminary Rulemaking Activities page.

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Information regarding the rulemaking process will be posted on this page. If you would like to receive notifications regarding the Attorney General’s CCPA rulemaking activities, please sign up through our online registration form.

Anyone submitting a comment regarding a proposed action has the right to request a copy of the final statement of reasons.